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Endorsed: Copie of lettre to my L. Treasurour March 9 88.
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Later Addition: 1590 Stilo Rom 9 March To my L. Treasurer
It may please your L. to be advertised, that I have written two former letters unto yow, since the 21 of February of whiche in my last, I signified of Count Maurice preparation, whiche is since imploied, as then it was suspected, against Ger- trudenbergh: where the Count accompanied with the Count of Holmes, certaine of the states, the Ma- reshall Villiers and others, approched the 4 of this moneth, towardes the evening, with about the number of 200 boates, of one sort and other: and, by common estimation, with 4000 souldiers. The next morning after he landed his men, and endevored the cutting of the dicke towardes Bridaw and the building of a fort, uppon the point of the said dicke: where he was shotte at, from the towne, whens also there issued some fewe, that skirmished with his people. But nothing of mo- ment was perfourmed. The ennemie in those quarters, is very strong: and will also make offers to buy the towne: as he doth understand, but report, promising threescore moneths pay to every souldier. Whiche, for mine owne part, con- sidering what I heare of the desperat disposition, and courses over dissolut of those soulders, I dout, if they can, they will rather accept, then yeld obedience to the states. I have talked with a couple, that are come from the towne, since the states arrivall, who left them then at a resolut point, if the siege continued, to putte out all the Burgers, for their better provision, /or if all sholde faile/ ether to call in the ennemie, or to fight it out to the uttermost Manytimes, since my imploiment in this service, I have offered publickly at the Councell table, and privatly to Barnevelt and others, that if they fol.104v